Today is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as yesterday.
Forecast for Gregg
Updated: 11:47 am CDT on July 4, 2009
Heat advisory in effect until 9 PM CDT this evening...
This Afternoon
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 103. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Heat index values 105 to 106 in the afternoon.
Increasing clouds with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Not as hot. Highs around 90. Southwest winds around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
... Heat advisory remains in effect until 9 PM CDT this evening for the four state region...
The National Weather Service in Shreveport continued the heat advisory until 9 PM CDT due to the combination of high relative humidities and near 100 degree temperatures areawide. This combination will result in heat index values of 105 to 107 degrees.
High pressure aloft will be displaced after today as a series of disturbances ride around the eastern periphery allowing a cold front to move into the four state region on Sunday. Cloud cover along with increasing rain chances will provide cooler temperatures.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A heat advisory means that a period of hot temperatures is expected. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a situation in which heat illnesses are possible. Be sure to drink plenty of non alcoholic fluids... stay in air conditioned rooms as much as possible. Stay out of the sun as much as you can... and check on relatives and neighbors. Do not Forget your pets... they need water and shade as well.